diff --git a/lib/api/dash.js b/lib/api/dash.js
index 024fe12..98f18fe 100644
--- a/lib/api/dash.js
+++ b/lib/api/dash.js
@@ -1,24 +1,103 @@
-var dash_api = function(){
+var util = require('util');
+var v8type = require('v8type');
 
-};
+var validate_dashboard(dashboard){
+    if(!v8type.of(dashboard, v8type.OBJECT)){
+	throw new Error('`dashboard` parameter must be an object');
+    }
+
+    if(!v8type.of(dashboard['title'], v8type.STRING)){
+	throw new Error('`dashboard["title"]` must be a string');
+    }
+
+    if(!v8type.of(dashboard['description'], v8type.STRING)){
+	throw new Error('`dashboard["description"]` must be a string');
+    }
+
+    if(!v8type.of(dashboard['graphs'], v8type.ARRAY)){
+	throw new Error('`dashboard["graphs"]` must be an array');
+    }
+
+    for(var i in dashboard['graphs']){
+	if(!dashboard['graphs']['title']){
+	    throw new Error(util.format('`dashboard["graphs"][%s]["title"]` is missing', i));
+	}
+	if(!dashboard['graphs']['definition']){
+	    throw new Error(util.format('`dashboard["graphs"][%s]["definition"]` is missing', i));
+	}
+    }
+}
+
+var dash_api = function(){};
 
 dash_api.prototype.get_dashboard = function(dash_id, callback){
+    /*
+     * dash_api.get_dashboard(dash_id, [callback])
+     *
+     * method to get a single dashboard information
+     *
+     * `dash_id` is the id of the dashboard to get information for
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, results, status_code)
+    */
     this.request('GET', util.format('/dash/%s', dash_id), callback)
 };
 
 dash_api.prototype.get_all_dashboards = function(callback){
+    /*
+     * dash_api.get_all_dashboards([callback])
+     *
+     * method to retrieve all dashboards in datadog
+     *
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     this.request('GET', '/dash', callback)
 };
 
-dash_api.prototype.create_dashboard = function(){
-
+dash_api.prototype.create_dashboard = function(dashboard, callback){
+    /*
+     * dash_api.create_dashboard(dashboard, [callback])
+     *
+     * method used to create a new dashboard in datadog
+     *
+     * `dashboard` is the definition for the dashboard
+     *      please see (http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/) for more information
+     *
+     * `callback` is an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    validate_dashboard(dashboard);
+    this.request('POST', '/dash', {body: dashboard}, callback);
 };
 
-dash_api.prototype.update_dashboard = function(){
-
+dash_api.prototype.update_dashboard = function(dash_id, dashboard, callback){
+    /*
+     * dash_api.update_dashboard(dash_id, dashboard, [callback])
+     *
+     * method used to update the dashboard with the provided `dash_id`
+     *
+     * `dash_id` the id of the dashboard to update
+     * `dashboard` is a definition for the datadog dashboard
+     *      please see (http://docs.datadoghq.com/api/) for more information
+     *
+     * `callback` an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *    callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
+    validate_dashboard(dashboard);
+    this.request('PUT', util.format('/dash/%s', dash_id), {body: dashbboard}, callback);
 };
 
 dash_api.prototype.delete_dashboard = function(dash_id, callback){
+    /*
+     * dash_api.delete_dashboard(dash_id, [callback])
+     *
+     * method to remove a dashboard from datadog
+     *
+     * `dash_id` the id for the dashboard to remove
+     * `callback` an optional function to call with the results of the api call
+     *     callback(error, result, status_code)
+    */
     this.request('DELETE', util.format('/dash/%s', dash_id), callback)
 };